Khalsa
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Punjabi ਖ਼ਾਲਸਾ (xālsā) / خالْصَہ (xālṣah), ultimately from Arabic خَالِص (ḵāliṣ, “pure”).
Noun
editKhalsa pl (plural only)
Proper noun
editKhalsa (plural Khalsas)
- A surname from Punjabi.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Khalsa is the 19716th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1366 individuals. Khalsa is most common among White (72.47%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (18.37%) individuals.
See also
edit- Amrit Sanchar (“Sikh rite of baptism”)
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Khalsa”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 299.
Anagrams
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- English terms derived from the Arabic root خ ل ص
- English terms borrowed from Punjabi
- English terms derived from Punjabi
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English pluralia tantum
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Punjabi
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